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One of the critical concepts I learned as a collision investigator this that fully loaded heavy trucks have 50 to 60% of the braking capability of […]

Twenty years of traffic law enforcement experience has (mis)shaped what I find entertaining, so every Thursday I find myself reading the beefs in the Nanaimo News […]

Our current system of trying to change driver behaviour largely consists of traffic tickets, vehicle impoundment and driver’s licence suspensions. They all rely on traffic policing […]

This is a short trip down memory lane with a retired traffic cop: me. I’ve just recently completed a round trip from Vancouver Island to the […]

TORONTO, June 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While 72 per cent of Canadians had some form of travel or medical insurance for recent travels, most leave […]

Article by David M. Rogers Rogers Partners LLP A few years ago, I listened to two friends have a long discussion about the relevance of automated vehicles. […]

Should I Signal? Paul from CompetentDrivingBC often shares his insights here on DriveSmartBC. I like his explanation of whether to signal or not and decided to […]

Compliance Markings… I am thinking about upgrading the sealed beams on a vintage car to LED headlights. The LED headlights I’m considering are marked “DOT SAE” […]

When I learned to drive more than 4 decades ago, seatbelts were becoming standard equipment on all vehicles. Fast forward to today and we have seatbelts, […]

The weather this summer could be starkly different across the country, according to the latest long-range forecast from The Weather Network. Chief meteorologist Chris Scott predicts […]

Emergency Vehicles and the Traffic rules… In my travels this week I was overtaken by a marked police vehicle traveling at 110 km/h in the posted […]

Driving is by far that most expensive way to get around, both for individuals and society as a whole, according to a new travel cost calculator […]